Egg-beater



(No Model.)

TIE-.EAAK. V EGG BBA'I'ER, BATTER MIXER, AND UHURN.

No. 325,674. Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT Urricn.

THOMAS E. HAAK, OF VVOMELSDORF, PENNSYLVANIA.

EGG-BEATER, BATTER-MIXER, AND CHURN.'

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 325,674, dated September 8, 18 5.

Application filed January 22, 1885. (No model.)

To-aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. HAAK, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Womelsdorf, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Beaters, Batter-Mixers, and Ghurns, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement is more particularly related to the class of egg-heaters designed for family use, but is not limited thereto, as gearing may be easily applied to the same, and it would then be adapted for the use of bakers, confectioners, and large hotels, or for dairy purposes.

The object of the improvement is to furnish a simple and effective beater, mixer, or churn, not liable to derangement, and its operation easily understood. This is attained in the use of the machine shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters designate similar parts.

Figure l is a front end elevation of the machine witha part of the case removed to show the heaters. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the beater as detached from the case; Fig. 4, details of the bearing and lock at the rear end of the beater'shaft; Fig. 5, details of hearing at the front end of the beater-shaft.

The construction of the machine is as follows: The case A is made of tin or suitable material, is provided with feet A, soldered thereto, and a packed nozzle, A secured upon the front face. A removable cap, B, having a raised portion, B,with a handle or knob, B, is secured thereon by ascrew, B". On therear inside face a knee, 0, having a notch, O, and on the inside front face a knee, I, having a notch, I, are secured as bearings for the beatershaft. A spring lock, D, having a notch, D, at its lower end, is also secured on the inside rear face, which looks the rear end of the beater-shaft in place when resting in its bearings. A packing, E, of leather or its equivalent-,is placed in the nozzle A to prevent leakage. F is the beater-shaft, provided with a collar, F, at its front end, said collar being bored and threaded at F for the reception of the crank. A disk, G, is secured central to the shaft-length, and the shaft is cut so as to drop freely within the case into its bearings,

the collar F lying close to the inside front face. Rectangular frames, provided with bars, three or more in number, as H, H, and H are secured to the central disk, G, the bars in the frame H at right angles with the longitudinal edge of the frame, the bars in H set at an angle of about thirty degrees to the left, and the bars in H at the same angle to the right, the frame in each case being viewed at a side elevation and in a state of rest above the shaft. The crank J has its attaching end made long enough to pass through the leather-packed nozzle, the end J being threaded to screw into the collar F, which being done, and the crank turned by the handle J the heater is revolved.

The use of the machine is as follows: The eggs to be beaten, the batter to be mixed, or the milk to be churned is placed in the case A. The beater-shaft F, with its frames H H H is then placed in its bearings O I, in its descent pressing back the lock-spring D, which,

as soon as the shaft has reached its bearing,

flies over the same and looks it in place. At the opposite end the collar F drops between the bearing and inner face of the case. The screwed end-of the crank is then pushed through the packed nozzle A, and holding the beater with one hand the crank is turned by the other hand until its thread engages with the threaded hole F in the collar F, and the attachment being complete the machine is ready for operation.

For large machines a simple system of gears may be attached to drive the heaters with more force and rapidity.

The action of the frames H 1?, owing to the angnlarity of the bars being in opposition to each other, and supplemented by the frame H, having an increased number of bars set square with said frame, combines the effect of a knife and fork in the hands of an experienced pastry-cook, a comparatively few revolutions of the heaters sufficing to beattlie eggs to a tenacious foam.

Having shown the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of my invention, I desire to secure the following claims thereon:

1. The case A, of the general form shown, provided with a removable cap, 13, feet A, a packed nozzle, A, internal knee-bearings, C 1, and lock-spring D, in combination with the shaft F, boaters H, H, and H, collar F, and

crank J, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The shaft F, with collar F, threaded hole F central disk, G, three or more rectangular 5 beater-frames secured thereto, the heaters in said frames H H respectively, being placed at reverse angles with each other, the alternate frame H having a larger number of bars or beaters, set square therewith, in combination with the bearings O I, lock D, case A, packed l0 nozzle A and crank J, as and for the purpose set 'forth.

THOMAS E. HAAK.

WVitnesses: JNo. M. SMITH, EMMA 0. SMITH. 

